Well, things sure are feeling hot and heavy right now.
Hot, in the fact that there is a lot of steam passing around between my family members, and heavy in the way that my stomach feels every time I get another harassing message from my mother, and you see, this year for the first time, my significant other and I are not travelling to see our respective family members in their far-off locations.
My family resides 730 miles north in the brutal cold and snow of the midwest. My boyfriend’s family lives in the opposite direction, 600 miles south in the heat and humidity of FL. My good friend and I reside somewhere in between, torn between the two battling teams. This year instead of trying to please pretty much everyone and killing ourselves, my friend and I decided to just stay put in our modern home together. I knew that the decision wouldn’t be accepted warmly, however I didn’t know that pretty much everyone would get so hot under the collar. My family was instantly bribing, with my mother telling me that the chilly air temperature wouldn’t be so terrible this year because she had recently substituted her heater. The central heat undoubtedly works this year, she exclaimed! Surely, my friend and I want to come up and inspect her brand modern smart control unit and forced air heater! My boyfriend’s family, on the other hand, has been nothing but cold… Rather than bragging about their indoor temperature control measures, they’ve totally frozen us out. Ice cold. Neither situation is ideal, however I know that our relaxed plans, heightened indoor comfort, and outdoor air temperature is going to make up for all the family heat.